Considering the rapid rise in kombucha, sauerkraut and probiotic products, it’s pretty clear gut health is on everyone’s minds. And with good reason — more and more research is emerging showing just how important good gut health is for overall wellbeing.

“It’s linked to a number of different medical conditions. When your gut isn’t healthy it can have an impact on mental health, weight, mood and a number of other digestive disorders. Keeping your gut nice and healthy can help keep the rest of your body healthy.”

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How do you know if you have good gut health?

“Signs of good gut health include not getting bloating, gas, diarrhoea and constipation,” McLeod said.

“You find you feel better in general — better mood, more energy, a healthy weight and not feeling fatigued. These are all more pronounced when your gut is healthier.”

How do you know if you have bad gut health?

“If you have poor gut health you may have loose, unformed stools, or you’re really constipated, maybe your faeces are foul smelling, you feel gassy, feel foggy headed or have poor mood. These are some of the most common signs,” McLeod explained.

What can negatively affect gut health?

There are a number of diet and lifestyle-related factors which can impact the health of your gut.

The process of finalizing new food safety rules by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is underway. The accent of these upcoming FDA FSMA rules on the sanitary transportation of human and animal foods is the ways by which scientific and safe transportation and logistics involved in food transportation can be bettered. The FDA is required to establish rules for improving, auditing and enforcing new rules relating to food transportation. Congressional instructions have been issued for ensuring the establishment of these rules.

These are the aspects of food transportation that come under the ambit of these new FSMA Rules:

Since the FDA FSMA Rules on the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Foods apply to organizations that work in food transportation; these organizations have to ensure proper adherence to these rules. To do this, they need to first understand the rules and also know what it takes implement them. A seminar being organized by GlobalCompliancePanel, a leading provider of professional trainings for all the areas of regulatory compliance will offer this learning.

John Ryan, President, TransCert, QualityInFoodSafety, RyanSystems, is the Director of this two-day seminar. He will offer understanding and insights into the way the new Rules from the FDA apply to players involved in the transportation of human and animal foods.

The Director will also impart complete understanding of the ways by which to establish the right temperature monitoring, sanitation, container test and traceability, training and data reporting procedures and review the same. This seminar will also offer an understanding of the legal requirements of food transportation and how to develop a company plan that meets the expectations and requirements of both its customers and the FDA.

Technological aspects of FDA FSMA Rules on the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Foods

Dr. Ryan will offer insights into all the aspects of the FDA FSMA Rules on the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Foods and help participants understand how to comply with them. In the course of this learning, he will cover the technological aspects of food transportation, which are gaining importance lately. These include new low cost GPS enabled traceability and temperature monitoring technology, EPA approved container sanitizers, washout technologies, temperature maintenance equipment, and food residue and bio-contaminant testing. Dr. Ryan will examine the close relationship these technologies have with the FDA FSMA Rules on the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Foods.

Dr. Ryan’s assessment of the future of transportation food safety vis-à-vis new and evolving technologies will be peppered with references to upcoming technology providers. He will provide the participants of this seminar with Internet links that lead to more detailed information on the same.

Those in food supply chain logistics and food safety and security personnel whose primary responsibilities include management, sanitation, quality and operations; will find this seminar highly useful. It will also be useful for personnel that handle incoming and outgoing food shipments, maintaining transportation equipment and tools, and purchasing or selling.

Dr. Ryan has the following agenda for this seminar:

o Review of the FDA’s proposed rules on the sanitary transportation of human and animal foods

o Review of other international transportation food safety guidance and laws

o The meaning of adulteration

o Review of Standards

Management

Sanitation

Hazard analysis risk-based preventive controls

Traceability and temperature monitoring

Training

o GAP analysis

o Learning what happens during cold chain food transportation through all processes